Many beginning fans of kitchen garden, having faced problem of removal of stepsons at tomatoes, experience difficulties. This process has number of features, considering which it is possible not only to create effectively plant so that to facilitate care for it, but also several times to raise harvest of tomatoes. The correct removal of stepsons allows plant to direct all forces to forming of fruits, but not to building of green material.
Instruction
1. First of all, it is necessary to know what grades of tomatoes you grow up. Some versions practically do not need additional forming. It is normal plants of low growth with branchy structure, stepsons at such tomatoes it is possible not to delete. However there are also tall grades which need to be formed in one or two stalks.
2. Stepsons are the additional escapes on plant of tomatoes which are formed in bosoms between the main stalk and side escapes. They take away power supply and moisture from plant, slow down process of blossoming and fructification. Stepsons it is necessary to delete as soon as possible, without waiting for that they have reached the considerable sizes.
3. Removal of stepsons is carried out by hands, it is not necessary to use scissors or other tools. The excess young growth needs to be broken out accurately, trying not to wound the main stalk and side escapes. The earlier you will find appearance of the stepson, the less there will be wound from its removal.
4. Removal of stepsons is not the single procedure. It is necessary to watch constantly plants of tomatoes and at appearance of undesirable young growth at once to get rid of it. In the first half of summer, during forming of tomatoes, it is necessary to delete stepsons nearly an every week, especially if on your site favorable conditions for the active growth of tomatoes is created. Usually in the second half of summer the procedure should be carried out much less often, at this time forming of fruits already begins, and the plant has no so many forces on building of green material.
5. To reduce stress from removal of stepsons, it is recommended to combine this procedure with waterings and fertilizing, it is only necessary not to forget to wait some time until places of removal of stepsons dry up, then the plant will not lose the moisture and nutrients received when watering.